#SxF spoilers

[lavalamp-juice]

It could also make sense for why she feels this way towards Damian

Feeling as though she is cursed with him since she had him with an "imposter". Or that he has been replaced as well.She probably feel some sort of motherly love for him but still feeling like he is a heavy weight to carry ,so she's very conflicted

[Spy x Family ch. 109 spoilers]

I just finished the chapter as of two minutes ago, and I have to tell you, I am having the best time getting to use whip out my psychology degree again.

Good people of tumblr, allow me to introduce to you:

Capgras delusion

It's interesting that Melinda disclosed that she was a patient of the hospital before. It is no small feat to be admitted into psychiatric care - especially in a hospitalised setting. Psychiatric hospitals typically deal with very high-risk disorders and behaviours, with many patients being admitted to hospital either for their own safety, or for the safety of those around them.

What has this got to do with capgras delusion?

Capgras delusion is a very serious psychiatric disorder in which a person believes that someone very close to them has been replaced with an impostor.

It is not uncommon for sufferers of capgras delusion to believe that their loved ones have been replaced by aliens, a doppelganger, or a clone.

It can be from many causes: psychosis, schizophrenia, brain damage, neurodegenerative disease. In very rare cases there have even been documented unexepcted triggers such as ketamine, diabetes, migraines, and urinary cystitis.

And, crucially; it is not unheard of for sufferers of capgras delusion to be physically agressive towards the perceived impostor.

(Is that why she was sent to psychiatry before? Is that why she is estranged from Donovan and the children? Is that why she is kept under very close watch? Or is there something more sinister going on?)

From this chapter alone, I wonder if we will see a link between Melinda's delusion, and her past experiences. If Endo chooses to take the scientific route, we may see a history of physical abuse that resulted in brain damage, or a history of psychological abuse that made Melinda vulnerable to psychosis.

I would be really interested to see if Melinda's current way of thinking may have originated from having an initially loving relationship with Donovan Desmond, but she saw a sudden change in behaviour in him to become the heartless warmonger we now know him to be, which could have pushed her into this delusional belief.

After all, how could the man she fell in love with (conjecture), have turned into such a monster? The only explanation must be that Donovan Desmond is not the Donovan she knew, and just an impostor, right?

....Right?

[shortythedwarf]

Now say what

The way I cackled lmao

But she's so serious that I cannot help but imagine a connection with..... Project Apple??

This is so cute btw

[peanutseagle]

"Just relax and let go"

[1alchemistart]

HEHE NEW CHAPTER

tbh if they end up dancing im going to expect them to be goofy JKAKLSDFK but waltz drawing OBLIGATORY obv

have this little anya too

[aerequets]

Lessons were learned

[elipri]

Keep yo hands offa my woman!!

[lotsofblabblers]

Agent Twilight. Westalis' top spy.

Can't win an argument with his baby daughter.

[jesterraconteuse]

You know I'm right

[asmodeus542]

How it started

How it's going

[okaerin]

damianya dance scene from chapter 96 but teen ver. ✨

i thought they were dancing but they were actually beefing with each other lol

reference:

[bloodraven55]

I love how Loid is genuinely smart and perceptive but every time he draws a completely logical conclusion when it comes to Yor or Anya he just ends up confused as fuck because unbeknownst to him they are in fact anomalies in his data set of normal human behaviour 😂

[lialocke]

(Damian talking to Jeeves on the phone)

Damian: *panicked whispering* A-a-and and then I had to hold her hand! And even though my hands were all sweaty and girls have cooties, I didn’t want to disgrace the Desmond name so I did it anyway! And then-

Jeeves: *listening intently*

Melinda: *shamelessly eavesdropping on the Desmond home phone*

Sylvia: *listening to Wise’s recording of the call, taking notes, and feeling old because she hasn’t written the word “cooties” in decades*

I already had this idea on the to do list but I bumped it up when I read the newest chapter. The implication that Damian told Jeeves about the dance and worried about him blabbing suggests that this is one of the few people in his life that he can be a emotionally honest with. And I think that’s so sweet. I bet he still denied his crush, but Jeeves doesn’t directly question that out loud, so Damian doesn’t have to go to the usual extreme lengths to prove it.

I was gonna do this a lot simpler so I could color it without taking a billion years, but then I got carried away with the line art. Also I forgot to flip the image during the sketching process. I did it now that I’m finished, and you know what? What my art looks like in the mirror dimension is simply none of my business. Every time I expect it to look good and every time I’m severely humbled. Too late now though. Lol.

Anyhoo, enjoy!

[peanutseagle]

tea time with the bestie

[1alchemistart]

some doodles!!!!

[aerequets]

i was waiting for loid to glance over at yor with one of his signature Longing Stares ™ this chapter but it's ok.... I can imagine it 😌

[leah-jeffries]